99" party in Bohemia. a short
while ago. a funny thing happened. A
beautiful maid cam attended by her lat»
utand most attentive cavalier. New, this
beautiful maid is much addicted to that
- blblt which is said to make us think like
philosophers-4hr use of tobacco in its
1 _ , , farm. tile clxarette. 'l'hv cavalier
ianaeofthoee illiherai and uncomfortable
mug men who hold that all the vices
' and
the
monopoly of. his own sensed he is
5 fr bitter la his criticism e! we-
5 men who smoke. The maid had careful.
ly concealed from him the fact that her
II lips had ever held a cigarette, but.‘
deed. She has contributed to all the
on occasion “this supper party hat Median French periodicals, and a much
«came her discretion and she an inland when . French "p". my.” to
ranged with her hostess and various con- her as ugh. an“... of one of the ex-
”ante that when the cigarettes were pass-
adlthey should all urge her to " try Just
one ” to please them.
The secret had been confided to the
mum of the girl hostess, but unfortu-
”Mil. the name of the man who was
to be thus hoodwinked had not been men-
tioned. 'l‘he cavalier in question was seat-
ed at the right of the momma, and that
dear lady, finding him a bit difficult in
conversation, thought to make it pleasant
‘for him by telling him the whole story,
which she did, with little ripples of laugh-
ter. adding. "of coure, you know the maid
fa an inveterate smoker.” Meanwhile at
the other end of the table the cigarettes
were being lighted, and the beautiful
maid .was protesting that really she “did-
n't dare,” "it would make her sick,” etc.,
finally, with a conciliatory glance toward
the awaln, yielded, and lighting a Neston,
while a light of ineffablc satisfaction
came into her lovely eyes. The youth
became even more difficult to entertain
after this, and what happened on the way
home, no man knoweth, but now they
meet as strangers, and so, alas and alackl
another of love’s young dreams has end-
ed in smoke.
It. is One of the Beat Women Riders
in Russia.
At the time of the manreuvers of the
army corps held recently near St. Peters
burg, the Empress of Russia proved her-
self an excellent oiiicer, and held her first
official review of the troops under
her command. The Empress is consider—
ed one of the best women riders in Russia,
and the Czar—who is so heavy that few
horscs- can bear him~is particularly
proud of his wife‘s achievements, and
loves to see her on her famous charger.
Her Majesty never fails to attend the
Krflflfllil):i‘~s“i0 mauoeuvers with the Em—
peror, but. the. latter never before asked
meat of the enjoymenta of life are 1
WW . i. L‘ . FAD"
YORK All! ““0710 TO.
has. Plotters, lreaeh Verses, Planes.
(indication. Languages. Photograph.
ltaeelets. leveling. Dogs, and Horses are
I" on the ”at of Ioeiety'a Favorites.
Miss Edith Rockefeller has a fancy for
loans. There are five in her home. i
eat Fifty-fourth street. She likes them
a wood to match her boudolr, or in roas-
wood like the drawingroom. She plays
beautifully. ‘ ‘ '
Mia-Pauline Whitney loves to write
French poetry, and does so very well in-
Emperors of America."
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, while rich
enough to abound in fads, really has very
few. She loves flowers. though, and has
them everywhere about her. The walls
of her little boudoir are coveer with
them; and her mirrors, of which every
side of the wall has one, are entwined
with garlands painted upon the wall by
the most celebrated artists of America.
Miss Virginia Fair has a fed for fans.
She owns the largest and most expensive
private collection hereabouts. They are
all for use, too, and match her costumes,
of which she has hundreds every year.
Miss Fair did not set out with the idea of
making a collection of fans, but the num~
her has increased until she has come to
have a justifiable pride in them.
Mrs. C. Oliver Iselin, who until recently
was the most celebrated society girl of
her State, has long had a fondness for
candiesticks. She has every conceivable
sort, and her tables and mantels are cov-
ered with them. There are jewelled sticks
and just the plain, pretty ones that come
in so many different kinds of china nowa-
days. Her collection would stock a bric-
a-brac shop nicely with that variety of
ornament.
Mrs. Frederick Gebhard, when she was
Miss Lulu Morris, had a wonderful fancy
for small dogs. She owned many of them,
and used to get the newest importations
to add to her list of pets. She named them
all, too, and knew them by their own
title, even as they knew her.
Helen Gould has a fad. it is for bowl.
lug. Last winter she formed a private
class in bowling, which met on Monday
nights at the Berkeley Ladies‘ Club for
practice. There were only about a dozen
in the class, and, unfortunately for Miss
Gould, she was either ill or out of town
nearly every night during the season.
She hired two alleys for her friends, so
that the pins could be set up in one while
her to review her regiment-the Body
“lulu! Valentino. . , l
' Al 4 o’clock in the afternoon the sold
iers were drawn up in line under the lead-
ership of lthraml-duke \‘ladmir, thel
oldest brother of the Czar, when the Km 5
press gnliopcd over the [lill'lilll' ground.
She was accompanied by the Grand-«inch-
esa, Marin, born Princess of Mm-klenlu-rg~
Schwerin. and her little daughter: l’rin- i
cells Maria of Greece. and several other
women of rank. The Queen of fin-ecu fol-
lowed them in a carriage, and near by,
were the Czarewitch, the various Grand ’
dukes, the Princes of Denmark and
the oflicers of the Chevalier Guards, ofl
whom the Empress is also chief. ;
Her Majesty first took her stand oppos- f
ite the centre of the long line to receive
the report of the regimental commander.
She then rode to one end. and started
down the front gl'lwiillzz each mmpany in- I
dividuaiiy, As she flew by them the men, l
according to the. ancient cuslmnwcom- ;
puny aftercompany-saluted her with the ‘
following words:
“We wish health to Your imperial Mu-
le-ty. .
After the ceremony was ended the Em~ ',
press rode to the top of a sluuii hill, or;
mound, from which she could survey eas-
ily the entire field, and commanded the '
men to begin their manieuvrcs. leaving i
the particular orders, however to the act— 3
ing commander. She followed the cvo- ’
lotions carefully, praised the men when l
praise was their due, and rods to the front ‘
in several attacks, swinging her sword
bravely. At the end she ordered the, “par-
ade march," and directed the buglor to
sound the "step and time" for each com-
pany. 'l'be Empress then called the oili-
oera together for consultation. criticised
And praised their actions, and thanked
them for doing their duty. 'l'hut ended
the review. and the Empress gallopcd .
back to her friends, receiving the praisei
of the (.‘mr and his relativm fur the line ,
showing of her men.
”humid Be Dim-rent Now. ‘
in W. It. he Fanu’s "Seventy Years of‘
Irish Life." is a reference in lhc visit of
George [V to lreland in lh’L’l, which was
enlivened, as much as a slate visit may
be, by the following ineidenl:
The King entered Dublin in an open
carriage drawn by eight splendid horses
and attended by a number of grooms and
footwear: in magnificent iiveries. lie was
in military uniform. and vmislantly look
cable but, smiling and bowing to the
people. who enthusiastically i'ilcl-rl'ii him.
At one point a man close lollic carriage
auetched out his hand to the king and
said. ,
“Shake hands, your majcsly!"
The King shook hands ilearlily.
man waved his hand and callwl mil:
“Begorra. l’ll never wash that hand
again?" .- Ynuth’s Companion.
Circling thol Earth at '70.
Mr. 19.0. Mills. millionaire and father
Ira-law of Whitclaw lleld, editor of the
flow York Tribune, has undertaken a
trip around the world in his seventieth
yur. Mr. Hills stops first at the Hand-
wich Islands, going thence to (thiua,
Japan and indie, reaching Egypt In Jan-
nary. There he will be joined by Mr. and
In. White-law field, who are to sail for
Gibraltar in November. and after a few
weakain the south of Spain and on the
aorta must of Africa are to make their
in" ”Cairo. The united pariy has char»
m asteatner for tlw Nile, and will go
”Entire second cataract. (in their re-
“ they are to take camels, and, with
.- Arab escort, cross the desert to Mount
I“. entering Palestine at the. Junction
of the Jordan with the Dead Sea, and af-
“I montbs' stay, going out by way of
“Ilsa of Galilee and Damascus. They
will mammal: Paris and Londtm by
“M bl k in New York by June.
WM..—
. MR7.
first Youeuler—J’ve get a new baby
' , what come from heaven last
Y spin—That's w.
and»: or went am fly
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The
M
. for bracelets. Mrs. Willy has
. will make, herdcbut in about two years,
‘ atablefui of young horses, yet in he brokv
speaking German, French, itaiian, and
Spanish all in one breath, linen English
again, without
any of the tongnea.-V. Y. Run.
tried in Egypt for buying slave girls, and
an intense excitement has been theout-
come. There seems no doubl. in foreigners
that the l’aslma were guilty of a breach
of the slave laws, but the Court could not
decide whether the law was intended to
strike. buyers as well as dealers, and so
llamas yet,reudcred no decision. The
excitement arises from the fort. that the
Department demands the Mohammcdaus
shall be punished for acts distinctly per-
mitted by their I'lloly Law." the high
rank of the accused drawing
tentinn to the case.
church
lug. They listened tothe stories told by
several of the regenerated, until one of
the fellows exclaimed in a whisper, to the
other:
It’aatough crowd, and no man’slife's
worth a copper!" And out they lit-
Boston 'i‘rue lag.
taketoeutweigh in teammates-twini-
lai- gold piece! Ask anybody and see how
user he will come to
telllmt company the other evening the
guesses ranged all the way from
the sport was going on in the other. Miss
.Gouldvis strong‘cnoug‘h in be” an” esprit
bowler. [in alloy recently built on her
Tarrytown premises cost $10,000, and is as
beautifully equipped as the bowling alloy
at Baltimore, George Vanderbilt's North
(Karolina home.
Miss Sylvia Green has a fad which is
hers by inheritance. it is for money. lint,
unlike her mother, Mrs. Hefty Green, it is
not for the making of money. but for low.
ing it. She is constantly in fear of the
poorhouse. and is afraid to spend a cent.
She has three millions in her own right
from her grandfather, hilt spends noth-
ing. She is most agreeable to live with.
being quiet.,umiable and accomnnaiating,
though not so cheerful asshc might be.
She is not stingy to the household, but
will not spend anything on herself.
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt. the young
daughter of Mrs. Willy K, has a fondness
brought up
her family well and has not overlndnlged
them in luxuries, but this daughter. who
owns a very iargccoliection of these orna-
meats.
Miss Anna Gould, that. eve
heiress, has a fad for horses. .\i Furiough
Lodge, her brother’s place in (be Adiron~
duck Mountains. she keeps a umgniliceni
team for her own driving, and she has,
besides, several saddle illlrat'n there and a
r-iliscusscd
en, for she will doubtless establish a
small-sized stock farm there. where there
is so much room.
Miss Winnie Davis hasnfadmo ii is
said. ltis for getting her photograph
taken. She has been photographed so
often that she has grown to enjoy it, and
several times a year she poses. The dc
mand for her picture is very great, as in
the South she is known as “I he Daughter
of the l_‘.onfederacy," and North she has
many friends.
Miss Julia Dent Grant, though not yet
in society. knows a great deal about the
etiquette of Austria, England and Amer-
ica, and speaks many languages. She now
enjoys learning ihem, and Hilli't' the day
when her cultured nmiin-r insisted upon
haviuglierman spoken as lheiaugoage
of the household she has mastered several
tongues. in the Austrian court, when
her father was foreign Minister, it was
not an unusual thing to hear Miss Grant
is secoud's hesitation in
In Trouble Through lluying lill'la.
’l'wo distinguished i’asims have been
general at-
Too llard For Them.
'l'wo runaway convicts took refuge in a
having an experience meet-
“Uome, Jim, let's get out o‘ thisl
Do You time?
How many one dollar bills would it
the fact. in an in-
7 twenty-
ve thousand to two million.
WW
1' mum.“ We!!!
“ill _ ‘
wan rat scenery wears or new
bite. and wurc unsuccessful In escaping
rrxiogiiitlml timl unto wurd about their
little excursion bus leaked on! in tho
taken for American tourists, and in that
guise clijoyed themselves immensely at
Ht. Main and elsewhere. mingling unsus-
pected with the crowd and entering into
the fun of the thing like ordinary mor-
tale.
cheerfully Joined in the rush for seats at
the table d’hotv urn-r widening the culin-
ary operations in tin" ltroiaiingnaglan
kitchens.
some difficulty Nl‘vilf't‘ii a place, whens
young lady oppmite said to her: "Would
you mind changing with me so tlmtl may
sit next to my young 1mm!"
quest was of course granted.
suits are seen. Cow rt cloths and striped
cross-rib menu will also be popular.
tan and brown mixed chariot, trimmed
Vim handsome braid of a rich brown
ah
Pretty bright colored rugs are now is
V 1" Whit house
ram lull-ass Ia Ital
‘ M I
That a phat is neatly without
honor in h I own domain I shows by the
fact that very many famous writers have
wives who do not even take the trouble
toread their husbands’ productions. It
is said that Mrs. William Dean: Howells
does not read the novels so freely turned
out by “America's novelist," and that.
were it not for his daughter Mildred's
criticism, he would not discuss his works
at home. i
Mrs. Rudyard Kipling enjoys her hus-
band's stories immensely. it was these
that first made her like him. She is note
very great critic though, and is content
to take his books as she finds them after
they are written. "
Tolstol, until recently, had no audience
in his wife. She did not approve the
course he took to antagonize the Russian
rulers, and begged him to desist and
write the stories at which he is so apt and
which pay him so handsomely. After a
time, though, she .‘too was converted to
the severe style of thinking followed by
her husband, and now callers see the
couple evenings bending over a plain
wooden table, while the Count reads aloud
his written pages with the day‘s ink fresh
upon them. '
John Stuart Mill had the most appreci-
ative wifea writer ever had. in one of
his books he has a dedication inscribed
to her, declaring that, but for her ”bright.
clear light," he could never have penned
a line worth reading. To her criticism be
attributed all his success-
Rebecca Harding Davis, herself a fam-
ous tale writer, is responsible for the
careerof two others well known in litera-
ture. Her son, Richard Harding Davis,
thanks her for his literary career, which
she encouraged by getting all his first
good stories in print, and destroying
others that would not add to her son’s
reputation. This she did until he could
"go alone," as one says of a child. Then
there is her husband, I. ('larke Davis of
Philadelphia, one of the first editors of
the country, and one who thanks his
wife for her advice on all knotty edi-
torial points and questions of literary
judgment.
Mrs. Gladstone is not an intellectual
woman, yet her husband says she has
“helped" him very materially in his
speeches and writings. And she has “as-
sisted" more by what she has not done
than by her actual deeds. For one thing
—and she herself boasts of thiswshe has
not bothered him when he was getting
out a new speech or writing something on
the vast number of subjects he has treat-
ed in the last sixty years: and she has
kept the children quiet, too. Once she
had a carriage door slammed upon her
hand as she was getting in on her way to
hear her. husband speak. And she did not
tell him until afterward.
Charles Dickens did not have this kind
of a wife. When the truth is told, after
time has softened its hard outlines, it will
be learned how difficult ll. was for the
great novelist to work at home until he
and his Wife “agreed to disagree" in the
way they did. llol h are now at rest.
Thackeray had a terrible time with his
wife. She ncil her would listen in his
writings, nor allow him to continue to
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insane. And for years thegrout-hearted
man supported her in luxury in a private
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her engagement in liici'zarcxvileh Nicho-
las he was allowed to give her some very
valuable ornaments from the family treas-
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